Hi,
>I live in Europe where the electricity is 240V and 50HZ
>
>I just bought a (WAHL) hair trimmer from the USA. The battery charger
>for the hair trimmer is made for USA (input 120VAC, 60HZ, 5W) and has
>output 2.0V DC and 1100mA.
>
>Obviously I cannot use this charger here. I think that there are two
>ways to charge my trimmer:
>
>a) Buy a variable transformer and replace it (Local shops sell
>variable transformers with output 1.5 or 3V and 1000mA ). I called a
>shop and they said that with less mA it will just take longer to charge
>and it does not matter if the voltage is 1.5 or 3 .He said that the
>trimmer's original transformer output shouldn't be exactly 2V anyway.
>
>b) Buy a transformer for the transformer! (transform 240V AC to 120V
>AC) . The issue here is bulk, overheating and different frequencies.
>
>Thanx
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Have you contacted the manufacturer to see if they have a 240v charger?
Jack